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Official Taper of Box Butte County
TWICE A WEEK TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
Official Taper of the City of AUiaac
VOLUME XXVIII.
(Eight Pages)
ALLIANCE, V x BUTTE COUNTY, NEBKASKA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 16, 1921.
No. 75
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VALLAS IIELDTO
FEDERAL COURT
IN $2,500 BOND
TO ANSWER CHARGE OF RECEIV
ING STOLEN PROPERTY
Corernment Officers Arrest Local
Greek After He Is Fined
in County Court
Chris Vallas, proprietor of the Alli
ance Billiard Parlor on lower Box
Butte avenue, was held for trial in
federal court and his bond placed at
2,500 following a hearing before
United States Court Commissioner L.
A. Berry Saturday afternoon. Bond
has been furnished by an official of
one of the local banks.
Vallas was charged with receiving
stolen property to the amount of
$17.40. He had been fined $25 and
costs by County Judge Tash on last
Thursday on the same count. Within
a few hours after he had been up in
county court, a federal warrant was
served. The goods that Vallas is said
have received were stolen from an
interstate freight shripment, and this
?ir.ade the offense come under the juris
diction of the federal court.
According to testimony adduced at
the hearing in county court, Ed Linn,
colored, had received from Vallas an
intimation that he would purchase
'Camel cigarettes or other merchan
dise. Linn promptly went out and
with the assistance of a colored friend,
"Dewey Brown, broke into a freight
car. Among the loot found at the Val
las billiard parlor was a sack of sugar
and a quantity of rice, tea, coffee and
other groceries. The officers searched
the place twice, finding the stuff con
cealed in a basement underneath the
building.
Deputy United States Marshal A. M.
Wright of Chadron, who served the
warrant, took four colored men to
Chadron with his Saturday to await
trial in federal court. These men
pave the names of Ed Linn, Joe Myers
(alias Dewey Brown). Ernest Lyman
and James Johnson. Johnson is an Al
liance colored man, and he is held on
a similar charge to that filed against
Vallas, pleading guilty to receiving
.stolen property.
, Fight Over Pool Hall License.
Among the prospects for excitement
this week is the question of the li
cense for the Alliance Pool hall. The
business was sold, shortly after Val
las' arrest, to Tom Rubis, Greek who
got in bad last winter, but escaped
conviction, and another of his nation
ality. The city and county police say
they have been watching the pool hall
for some time, and that there have
been other laws violated, as well as
some of the city ordinances. Chief
Jeffers intimated the with Sheriff Mil
ler, he would ask the council at its
next meeting to revoke the license.
The sale was made, it is thought, to
protect the interests of Rubis, who
lias been a silent partner in the con
cern all along, owning a half-interest.
He has all his money invested in it,
and his friends say that a revocation
of the license would ruin him finan
cially. An interesting sidelight on the li
cense question is furnished by one of
the city officers, who points out that
when the business changed hands, an
other license is required. The concern
runs both a restaurant and pool hall,
and two licenses are required. No ap
plication for either license has yet
been made.
Two Accidents Among
Troubles of Motorists
Who Went to Springs
At least two accidents were report
ed as a result of the automobile trip
to Hot Springs last Saturday for the
purpose of bringing home the Alli
ance Campfire Girls. A .S. Mote and
Tom Miskimen, on the return trip,
made the return journey without mis
hap, but after arriving in Alliance,
the Mote car got stalled in a ditch
on West Ninth street about 7 p. m.
Sunday. A few minutes later the
Miskimen car came along and got into
the same rute, and ended but butting
its radiator squarely into that of the
Mote car. Damaged fenders and
other similar results were the only
damages from the col I 'sion.
On the road from Chadron to Alli
ance, the car driven by C. W. Grass
man, with A. V. Gavin as one of the
passengers, struck a snag, skidded and
threw the occupants up in the gener
al direction of the blue sky. Mr.
Gavin's eye collided with one of the
supports to the top, and the dignified
councilman is wearing a peach of a
"shiner." Mr. Grassman suffered a
Eainful injury to his nose, which was
adly cut.
FIVE BOXCARS PILED UP
IN WRECK AT HORN SIDING
A broken air coupling resulted in
a small wreck at Horn, near Craw
ford, of a Burlington freight shortly
after midnight today. The wrecking
crew was sent to the scene tnd by 8
a. m. the track was denied, rive box
c:uv- wpre piled up on the track, rc
coidiii to lepctts leaching Alliance.
City Manager's Corner
(By N. A. KEMM1SH)
The rotary pump arrived from
Grand Island last Thursday. The
foreman of the Kelly Well company
pumped this new well all day Fri
day and gained no headway indicating
that the casing was broken at about
90 feet. The well was plugged at this
point and the rotary pump installed
Saturday. We started pumping Sun
day morning and this well has fur
nished all of the city water since that
time, the other pumps being shut off.
We have pumped but very little sand
during this time and so far the ros
pect of regaining this well look very
encouraging to us. We will probably
remove the rotary pump tomorrow and
install our own pump.
We recently overhauled the city
tractor and are giving it a tryout to
day doing some dragging on the
streets. It seems to do the work in
good shape and the cost of repairng
it was only about $200.
We are making the necessary chan
ges at the city hall to accommodate
the schools on the second loor and
also for taking care of the firemen en
the first floor making changes for their
club rooms.
We are working on the water main
extension and have quite a number of
men at work but have room enough to
put 10 or 15 more men on doing the
digging should there be anyone out of
work.
THE WEATHER
ALLIANCE, Aug. 15. For Alliance
and vicinity Generally fair tonight
and Wednesday. Not much change in
temperature.
GUARDIAN FOR
MRS. WATKINS
IS APPOINTED
HINDU FAKIR IS PERMANENTLY
OUT OF LUCK HERE
Testimony Showed Woman's Fortune
Had Shrunk From $5,000 to
Less than $1,500
The last chapter in the story of the
attempt of Dr. R. Senneth, Hindu
philosopher, seer, exponent of the dark
blue mysteries of the occult and low
grade fakir and bunco man, to get
hold of the money of Mrs. Jennie Wat
kins, widow living on Missouri avenue,
was written in county court Monday
morning, when County Judge Tash ap
pointed Frank Abegg as her guardian.
Guardianship proceedings were in
stituted by County Attorney Lee Bas
ye, following the revelation of the at
tempt of the Hindu to fleece Mrs.
Watkins, and her story of how nearly
he succeeded. According to the testi
mony adduced in court, the Hindu
came to Alliance in the last days of
July, with a carnival company. He
gained Mrs. Watkins' confidence by
telling her that she was due to have
a pleasant and moneyed future, and
then made arrangements to borrow
money from her. Mrs. Watkins had
a check written, ready to draw $000
from the bank to send to the Hindu
to purchase an automobile, when she
dropped in to talk it over with Mr.
Basye, her attorney. He persuaded
her to lend no money to the "doctor"
until she had some better security
than his word, and this, it was be
lieved, ended the incident.
The second chapter came when Mrs.
Watkins forwarded $50 to Dr. Senneth
to come to Alliance and make his home
with her. He moved in, bag and bag
gage, and then shoved on, telling her
that he would return the money to her
on the installment plan, so much down
and much more later on. She never
even received the first installment, and
at last reports was firmly convinced
some harm must have befallen hjm.
"He promised to pay," she told her
attorney, "and I know he would if
something hadn't happened to him."
The testimony showed that two
years ago Mrs. Watkins' son died,
leaving her $5,000 insurance. There
is now but $1,100 of this amount left.
County Attorney Basye and Frank
Abegg testified that she was deter
mined to loan all or the major part
of this to the Hindu, and Judge Tash
did a little investigating on his own
account and satisfied himself that
others had taken advantage of her
childish confidence. It was testified,
also, that she suffers from hallucina
tions, one of them being that unknown
enemies are in league to do away
with her. She has called the sheriff
to her home a number of times, it was
stated, to protect her from these imag
inary foes. Another instance of the
same sort was instanced when, on a
trip to a neighboring city, she reported
on her return that an aeroplane had
been circling Ebove the heads of her
daughter and herself, awaiting an op
portunity to destroy her life.
Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Werkal have
gone to Maryland to attend the fune
ral of Wade Curry, who died last Fri
day morning in Arizona. Mr. Curry
was a s.'n-in-law of Mr. and Mrs. E.
T. Gregg of Mar.-land.
Mr. r.nd Mr. S. H. Ci.le fj ent Sun
day ia Hot Springs, S. D.
SCOTTSBLUFF IS
WINNER ON THE
ALLIANCE LINKS
TRIMS COUNTRY CLUB MEMBERS
BY A NARROW MARGIN
Twenty-Fire Players
From
Valley
City Take Part in Golf
Meet on Sunday
Members of the Scottsbluff Country-
club, to the number of twenty-five ,
were guests of the Alliance Country
club Sunday, and celebrated the occa-
sion properly by defeating their hosts'
at golf in a tournament that was ar-
ranged as the chief attraction of the
day. Half a dozen ladies accompanied
the Scottsbluff party, but none of them
played golf, all being content to sit on
Al 1 1 ...at
me verana ami watcn tneir represen-1 winter season, una wnne nis pians re
tatives wade through to a victory in'hy no means complete, and the most
the rain,
Alliance club members went to
Scottsbluff a couple of weeks ago and
met with disaster on the links in the
first tournament. On that historic oc
casion, only two Alliance men, Kish
ago, the club's profesh, and George
Madsen, beating their opponents. The
Alliance men found themselves at
considerable of a disadvantage rn a
stra.ge course. This, fortunately, was
the case in the ' return engagement,
Sunday six Alliance golfers defeated
their Scottsbluff opponents, out 0f
nineteen matches.
The totals for the tournament shows
that Alliance was not so badly de
,wf , ;,n"ri thM" ,ccasion' l"'
deed, until the last two cards came in,
unance was anea.i on ine count yiy
-. n. .c..mnMi u umiMui
storekeeper, and according to his
" . , v3
"?, i: lo' e'g r no,e? Fm
ui vni in an itc uii tl liiC fiicAVVIlt'S
. I .. . i l"e ",a.""L
ivisnago ueieateu teen, fed to hi;.;
?nn '"m m WninfJ'0rVrS(ih 'ml2S I?
100 Mallery 104, Hrubesky 11G: R.
Vfiu ni'ononon ,t2T5; rrn
101, Mothersead 123: and Jay Walker
108 to score ol 121 foi Doc Craw-
-.ci- tiiwiia.. uuiiiig in- -m.no ujr
k.. u A ah:- . ti i.r i. .
ujr vuc nuiuuve viuw. uicumi&i, wu
the golf tournament
viiy mainly.
rvemmisn, in a.imuon to oeing score -
ors Wardrobe, superintend
ing of the garments
guests who continued
the moisture.
The scores for the various matches
follow:
(Two nine-hole matches were
played in every instance but one. The
II III CVCI V UlMclllVe DDL Ulir. 4 lir
first column of figures represent the
c,ni.a th firef rav, la,-
number beinpr the number of strokes
v . in iiiv i i .1 v iuui.ii ) v. auivK
hit
and the smaller number the
servea a m., ani two otner .easts V out of the poo Mr Kcmmish -
Tho rin iWuvpH ihlrrivjf rri 1a "eviseu an ngen.ous n Thirty of
ri r nvnuaii r i in l. 1 1 1 w 1 1 1 iir-i -mi. t : i e..i
: :. o : ; ,.v "-'r the water at lime expense, ana u me ,!.,.:-, ;
of the Scottsbluff contingent, although . , u: uisiricis in
. ,v , . 7 ' .pool Can oe UUIU uciuiUiii iu inn v:,lp,l th
most of them had put in an appejr- P ,t . make an ideal winter an(, th
r;,rur,v v;r;:-; v ummer playground r me Peopie oVKusselI-
num
of holes made in fewer strokes than iriiv .Pf believes that i ,:UV,e noc nei, , M i r T V
the opponent. Column two contains! i 'e"rs' due to a ,ea,th of
crorps on the second mntrh column Fome p!an can, be n5urpil .ut P i i ar., and every year there are a few
threTAinanct AT& eames" y8.?!'.! Ef nf v:iic1.1 skip a year's school-
l -.1 r n-.ii i Eel lOKeilltr OIlll ""ia, i.v ...
uihi luiuniii luui o.uuuiui luLaia im
both games).
S'cen 54-1 51-0
Kishago 4G-3 37-7
Selzer 50-3 57-4
Abegg 56-3 59-2
Graves 52-4
Copsey 52-4
Schwaner 54-3 40-2
Bevington 48-5 48-4
Schwaner 52-6 43-7
Maxfield .C4-2 CG-0
Babcock 51-8 48-5
Minor f3-0 54-2
Haver f,7-3 55-G
Hunt G4-5 C8-0
Baibour .G0-4 55-4
Kilpatrick C-l 59-3
105- 1
83-10
113-
115-
100- 5
93- 9
103-13
130- 2
99-13
117-
122- 9
132- 5
115- 8,
128- 4
Hurbesky G2-1
Mallery 51-8
Martindale 51-4
Meyer W-3
Hannon C3-2
R B ckwith G0-4
Willetts 55-5
Dickenson Gl-2
Motherse'd 59-4
Madsen 55-4
Thompson 67-3
Sallows G6-2
Crawford -C4-2
Walker .55-3
E E Magee61-5
B B ckwith C7-2
53-4
53-4 104-12
115- 5
55- 3
56- 4
C2-2
51-5
43-6
53-1
64-1
46-2
63-2
59-4
63-2
53-5
112- 7
125-
111- 9
103-11
114- 3
123- 5
101- 9
120- 5
123- 6
127- 4
108- 8
53-4
55-2 122- 4
114- 9
Wright
Newberry
.53-3
C0-1
52-4
54-5
54-3
59-2
r.3-4
5G-5
l1-'
im
114- 6
P.ck 5G-5
Nolan Gl-3
C Bracken 59-4
HoUen G2-3
120-
114-
118- S
Total Alliance ftioke.-, 2044.
Total Alliance 1 oles, 112.
Ttnl Sco't-b'uff stroke, 202.
Total Scottsbluff hole.-, 131.
MAY CONVERT
ARMORY INTO
INDOOR POOL
CITY MANAGER FIGURING
OUT
WAYS AND MEANS
Tcntatife Tlans Call for Two-Story
Structure With Second Floor
a Public Gymnasium
City Manager N. A. Kemmish has
finally made public his plans for re-
modeling the city armory into a public
swimming pool and gymnasium. Ever
since the swimming season began This
summer, with big crowds flocking to
Broncho lake, the city manager has'
had the idea of furnishing means for
j the people of Alliance to continue thisj
amusement during "dog" days" and the
. I -1M- 1 T - I -
mportant part of all the finding cf
the money to remodel the building
remains to be accomplished, he has
decided to take the public into his con
fidence and see if interest enough
cannot be aroused to put it over.
The armory is a big building, md
with the present foundation will al
low for an excavation for a swimming
pool 25x50 feet in size, which should
amPy ,arFe en0"h.,A ?,o1 Wlt,h
1 these dimensions will still allow tuf-
toient space fnr ?,twe'v;foot c?mrn
,P,atform on. al1 "des of the pool, and
ample dressing room facilities.
The city manager's tentative plans
provide for rebuilding the walls of the
i umtuing wiiu icincui aim iuuhiiik
them up twelve feet higher than at
p,.esent. This will allow for the enn-
;truct:on of a FCCOntl gtory, whjch Mr.
Kemm;sh proposes to make into a
RVmnapiumi w;th standards for basket
1)aI ani( a f.pt of i,eacn,r peat.
This
wi make the armory
aaviluble for
'dancing, as at present, and make it
uh ,iesirabe for athletic cxhibi-
tiona of one kind an.l another.
Ti i ... i,. u.nniio.i ..ii. u-g
from the City's pumping station, end
it, th prent number of wells, es-
pocially smce the Kelly weU ha9 )een
, smnnr K. It mav be adVIS-
" "
tn uVA ronstnnt flow of water
M K-mmish is now encaired in
. . estimates for the
emodeling,
financing the proposition. in m.in
SV
n IV'.n tur
""is i Yi . ,
! . , l f,
borne by th
summer, tne co.-i nas
e city and taxed up
in the citizens. This ls-not thought
;- tho !.... " - - . . ., n.si oi iiroM)f?cii c
anil iiii r i u u wi.il 1 1 1 1 l 1 1 ill. i 1 lie . si i . c
i . . i
"n i umA .i-fin tp information as to tne ,
of manv of the V ....... rn.., niiKK rnuuSn iu iai
the nUv ffeni tP cost 10 lay eIore.11l0 lYw,lKt iu, that may be made
the play despite . .. f dilriculty wi)1 be the matter of ., , , ,Qf ,
i advisable in Alliance, where the taxjThree of the (n,tricts in the county
i the undertaking. The gymnasium and
swimming pool are loth badly needed
' ''y the Alliance schools, ami it is
ithous-ht that the school district offi-i
cials may be willing to take care of a
portion of the cost. 1 ne oaiance ran
probably be raided by public subscrip
tions of some kind. The idea has been
suggested that memberships be sold
j to citizens who are interested, with
the understanding that others may
,ie the pool when they desire on the
payment of a small fee. Once the pool
is constructed, there is little doubt that
, it can be made a paying proposition.
It is probable thnt, when figures are
secured and the proposition i among
!the things listed for action, the Alli-
lance volunteer fire department will be
p'aced in charge of the campaign to.
take care o f the finances. Further
announcements in regr.rd to the public
iswimming pool will be awaited witn
interest. There is already a consider
able amount of interest in the city,
I an.l if Alliance i? able to put this pro
iect over, it will be considerab'e of a
103- 7 feather in her cap. Many other Ne
braska town? took the step this year,
.'hut few of them have earned out so
4 .Ambitious a project.
Alliance Team Takes
Game From Bayard
Sunday by Score 3 to 0
The Alliance baseball team shutout
'Bayard at Bayard Sunday, by a score
of 3 to 0. The feature or the game
wa the playing of Edwards, who is
credited in the official score with seven
assi.-ts, six putouts and only one error
Hut er mnile
' two hits out of four times up, as did
David-on. McKinney pitched and the
in' fp'5oing plovers hit only thiee balls
out of the infield. It wa airtight
Ib'i-eball and on of the bet games
8;?he AUii.nce bunch has ever figured :n.
Mr. L. A. B'-vry who, for the past
week hn.s leen vi-it;nir with Mia. M:u
ihv. Miv. Alice S. S'oean rnd severe'
cr fi 'oni!
D.-nver is opected
Wcila:
BOOSTERS ATTENTION!
Friday afternoon, August 19, at
2 p. m., there will be held at Bride
port a good roads meeting of vital
interest to Alliance. It is impera
tive that a good-sized delegation
from this city attend. It is hoped
that at this meeting the Morrill
county citizens and commissioners
can get together and agree on a
route to receive federal and state
aid that will connect Alliance with
the Lincoln highway. Alliance is
interested in this proposition, espe
cially so since it has been an
nounced that a Gulf to Canada
north and south transcontinental
highway will pass through Morrill
and Box Butte counties.
The Alliance chamber of com
merce is organizing a delegation
to go to the Bridegport meeting.
The trip will be made by auto and
the start will be made at 9 a. m.
Every Alliance business man who
has the welfare of his community
and himself at heart should go on
this trip.
The settlement of this two-year-old
rivalry will furnish a route
from the Lincoln highway through
Alliance to Hot Springs. All our
neighboring counties have secured
results by boosting good roads.
Dawes county, by united effort, has
put over a big road program. If
Alliance can have the tourists
going through her streets and trad
ing at her stores that Hot Springs
now has, there isn't a merchant
or citizen who wouldn't say that
the result will be worth all the
effort it takes to put it over.
lid's go!
TEACHERS ARE
SELECTED FOR
RURAL SCHOOLS
TWO-THIRDS OF DISTRICTS ARE
PROVIDED FOR
niwi t-rit.i.on ...c
i .... . . . .
hen ChOOl8 uegin
the fifty-seven rural school
Box Butte county are pro-
teachers for the coming
according to Miss Opal
county superintendent. This
does not mean that there will be any
.lUti-ipta fnr thprp U a uniting
J ... , - -
teachers amply
e for any demands
upon it. The trou-
f tha riir.nl t-rlinnl
)0ar, have been busy with other af-
COn"
suiPi wie Mittiiuii ui u icai-iiri.
A II nf iYn I'np'in'ioj u'ill liO flltprl
er,tember 1. when the most of the
i ,.,
ng, but ut least nity-
secured a teacher bv that time,
Following is the li.-t of rural teach
ers who have been engaged to date
District No. 2 Ascnath Sclull.
S Lucille Piatt.
7 Mrs. P.uth Thornton.
10 11a Mclnroy.
11 Lottie Mu-igrave.
12 Viola Soth.
13 Esther Nation.
13 Delia Swan.son.
15 Kate Graham.
10 Bertha Wilson.
22 Eva Simpson.
25 Mrs. Nina Boness.
27 Fern Eaton.
jXelle McDonald.
30 Nettie Uhrig.
31 Fairy L. Murray.
37 Gladys Wagar.
38 Harriet Wagar.
40 Rose Freimuth.
49 Helen Young.
. ft s. I 1 .
Ol lrs. Ki. n. fiinner.
52 Perry Tollman.
55 Arlien Blanchard.
5G Minnie Nikont.
3 Jessie Hacker.
78 Ula Baringer.
81 Adrian Clark.
92 Clarissa Soth.
124 Helen Coleman.
)
Baptist Team Breaks
Losing Streak, Taking
Game From Methodists
The Baptist team in the Sunday
school league finally broke its losink
streak by taking one from the crip
pled Methodists, 8 to 7, in a good game
Monday evening, although both sides
used three pitchers during the course
of the events.
Thursday the Christians will play
the Presbyterians in their last game.
The lat time thee two teams tan
gled, an extra inning was necessary
to decide the winner. The Chri.-tians
are determined to win this last game
ftom the rre.-byterians.
Miss GiT.ce John-tone was in from
. ti e coi ntiy to spend tr.e vecK-ena
I with Miss Avis Jouer,
ALLIANCE MEN
ATTEND COUPLE
ROAD MEETINGS
J. S. RHEIN MADE OFFICER IU
TWO ORGANIZATIONS
President of North Star Highway fot
Western Nebraska Vice Pres
ident of the G-P-C Route
A delegation of fifteen Alliance
men, including J. S. Rheln, J. W.
Guthrie, J. C. McCorkle, W. R. Harper,
R. E. Knight, County Commissioners
Cal Hashman and G. W. Duncan, CaU
vin D. Walker, Ed Henry, Glen Mil
ler, Dan Foley, C. Schafer, Lee Stur
geon and H. P. Courscy, attended two
good roads meetings last Thursday,
and Friday. The Alliance bunch,
which started out to remain neutral in
the midst of the Morrill county strug
gle between three towns for a road
connecting Alliance with the Lincoln
highway, found itself the center of in-
terest in both Broadwater and Sidney,
where the meetings were held, nnd Al
liance men were elected to positions
on the committees of the "ival roads,
over their protests.
For the past two years, there haa
been a struggle on in Morrill count
over the road to be approved for fed-
eral and state aid which will furnish
Alliance a thoroughfare to the Lincoln
highway. There are three commis
sioners in that county, and one Uvea
in Broadwater, one in Bayard and one
in Bridgeport. Each of these towns
would like to have the road to con
nect up with Box Butte cqunty go
through their towns, and the commis
sioner from each town has sufficient
local patriotism to refuse to give in.
It's a regular deadlock.
With the announcement that a north
and south highway, from the Gulf cf
Mexico to the Canadian borJer, would
be built, this nev rivalry has further
strengthened the deadlock. There ure
two factions in Colorado, one of which
is known as the Gulf-Plains-Canadian
route, and the other the North Star
highway. The former has routed its
road through NchrasKa rrom juies
burg, Col., to Oshkosh, Lisco, Broad
water. and Alliance. The North Star
route is planned to go from bedge
wick. Col., to Chappell. Lodgepole.
Sidney, Bridgeport and Alliance. They
are parallel routes, in effect, and ac
cording to either plan Alliance is due
to have a place on the transcontinental
route, unless something goes radically
wrong.
Big Crowd at Broadwater
The first meeting attended by ths
Alliance men was held at Broadwater
la.-t Thursday evening, and the repre
sentatives from this city say u was
one of the biggest and best meetings
thev ever attended. Broadwater, oa
the G-P-C highway, has gone ahead
without fretting about any opposition,
and has marked its highway from the
state line to Broadwater. Monday
some twenty men were busy marking
the road from Broadwater to the Box
Butte oounty line.
J. S. Bhein was elected vice presi
dent of the G-P-C for Box Butte coun
ty and R. E. Knight a member of th
advisory board from this county. Over
one hundred and fifty delegates wer
present from various towns in west
ern Nebraska, and it was a rousing
session all the way through.
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Good Samaritans
Issue Warning of 1
Fake Solicitors
The Good Samaritans association of
Salina, Kas., this week sends out a
warning to several towns in western.
Nebraska to the enect that a woman
wearing a uniform has been repre
senting herself to be a Good Samari
tan or Samaritan Sister. This woman,
it is announced, has been soliciting"
funds with a tambourine and has ob
tained considerable money . from
homes and alo from the business pub
lic in this territory.
The Good Samaritans, the notica
says, has no woman solicitors going
through the country and never use
the tambourine method. Both men
and women workers carry a card of
identification which bears the signa
ture of the holder. The card is used
for the current month only, and is not
good five days after expiration. In
addition to this, Good Samaritan
workers never work in a town without
first receiving a letter from the cham
ber of commerce or some official in
authority.
In all cases where solicitors are un
known, it is best to use ordinary com
mon sense and insist upon proper cre
dentials or a statement from thn
chamber of commerce or some person
you know that the person asking for
money is authorized to receive it,
W. B. Barnett returned Saturday
morning from an extended trip in th
ea.-t, visiting New York, Chicago, SU
Louis, Pittsburg, Omaha, St. Joseph
and other place of importance. Mrs.
Barnett remained in the east visiting
friends.
Mrs. Forest Lape of Edgemont waj
in the city Saturday. .
